This is the shocking moment an Australian scholar is grilled by cops over vile threats he supposedly made to ‘rape and kill’ an Chinese-Australian journalist – which he believes were actually crafted by China’s spies.
Andrew Phelan, an entrepreneur and vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested by four armed police officers at his Melbourne home on Australia day this year.
He was accused of sending an email to a a young woman which read: ‘Get back to China, b**** and if you don’t I’m going to come find you and pound your yellow p****, cut your throat.
‘At least then you’ll bleed red, in the colour of the CCP, you b****.’
Footage of Mr Phelan’s police interview shows him completely gobsmacked hearing the words supposedly written in his name.
Mr Phelan believes alleges he was targeted by China’s Ministry of State Security due to his vocal criticism of the CCP
‘I would never ever, in a month of Sundays, use that kind of language to women or anybody else,’ he tells the officers.
After gruelling questioning, police established that the email had been sent by a fake account purporting to be him.
‘It was surreal. Incredibly confronting. It was horrible – I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,’ Mr Phelan told 60 Minutes.
Mr Phelan, who was a former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia-China Council scholar, was in no doubt about who was behind the vicious message.
‘I believe that this has been done under the auspices of the MSS, China’s Ministry of State Security,’ he said.
‘I believe they are targeting Westerners who have been critical of the CCP in the public square.’
60 Minutes also spoke to human rights activist Drew Pavlou who was arrested protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in London last year.
Mr Pavlou alleges the Chinese regime made a false bomb threat in his name, which left him potentially facing 12 years in prison.
For six months after his arrest received more than 40 emails threatening to kill him and his mother also suffered a campaign to have her sacked.

Human rights activist Drew Pavlou (pictured) believes the Chinese regime made a false bomb threat in his name

China is known to crack down on critics of the state
The program also heard from Australian political artist, Badiucao, who lived in China for 20 years before seeking refuge here.
He is considered an enemy of the state for his art, which often paints the Chinese Communist leader, Xi Jinping, as a tyrant.
Badiucao claims Chinese authorities have put so much pressure on local galleries he can’t get his work shown in Australia and he has been forced to sever ties with family in China in order to keep them safe.
He has also suffered near-daily death threats.
‘No matter how far you are in Australia, in America, in Europe, if you offend China, then you will be killed,’ he told 60 Minutes.
The program also shone a light on so-called Chinese Overseas Police Service Stations, which are allegedly secret Chinese police stations operating in over 50 countries around the world.
Documents sourced from Chinese authorities suggest two secret stations are located in Australia, according to 60 Minutes.

Artist Badiucao (pictured) is considered an enemy of the state for his art, which often paints the Chinese Communist leader, Xi Jinping, as a tyrant
Australian authorities deny they are operating even though China reportedly publicises their existence.
An establishment ceremony for the alleged station in Sydney was covered by the Chinese press, but it flew under the radar in Australia.
A spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in Australia told Nine ‘there is no so-called overseas police stations’.
‘The relevant institutions helped overseas Chinese who could not return to China due to the pandemic renew their driving licence and perform physical examination.
‘They are not so-called police stations or police service centres at all.
‘The local Chinese groups who helped provide venues for the services and the volunteers are Chinese from the local communities who are willing to help their compatriots, not Chinese police personnel.
‘In light of the evolving COVID situation and relevant services now available online, the relevant service centres have been closed.’
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